GOOD NEWS IN STILLWATER: Jones says he’ll play for OSU hoops

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(TNS) —Mike Boynton has started to fill some much needed holes on his Oklahoma State men’s basketball roster.

Sunday, the Cowboys signed former Xavier commit Kentrevious Jones, as Jones took to Twitter to announce the news.

Jones is a 6-foot-10, 285-pound center who was going to play for the Musketeers as a member of the Class of 2017. However, because he failed to qualify academically, Jones went to prep school last season.

A three-star recruit out of Macon, Georgia, according to 247sports.com, Jones was on an official visit this week to Stillwater and looks to factor in right away in the Cowboys’ plans. After the graduation of Mitchell Solomon and the departure of Yankuba Sima to play professionally, the frontcourt was bare.

“We are thrilled that Kentrevious will be joining our program,” Boynton said in a press release. “He comes from a great family and has been coached very well at every stop in his career thus far. Kentrevious is a tremendously hard worker who shares the values that we consider most important in building a championship program. He has a great desire to learn, and an even greater desire to win. He will bring a great post presence to our program. Kentrevious has a really high basketball IQ and will be valuable for us on both ends of the court for years to come. We can’t wait to work with him.”

With the addition of Jones, as well as fellow signees Yor Anei and Duncan Demuth, Boynton is starting to piece the team back together.